Who Loves Houseplants?

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shawnjshawnj
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in AppleOutsider edited January 2014
Nobody?



Grr.



Well, the ex-girlfriend (the cute asian one) and I are talking again. She's throwing a housewarming party and I'm expected to at least bring a houseplant (since I'm probably the only guest not graduated from college yet).



Anyone have any good houseplant ideas? I don't want to spend terribly much or have to search high and low for one. It should be fairly easy to maintain (busy girl after all). That's about it.



Let me know your ideas!

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    mac on a macmac on a mac Posts: 441member
    Spider plant or a varigated ivy (not right name probably). I inherited one of each on the window sill next to my lab bench and they do fine with minimal light and water avout once a month.
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    andersanders Posts: 6,523member
    Plastic version of poison ivy is THE gift for an ex girlfriend.
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    geo06geo06 Posts: 19member
    Oh, you definitely have to go with this stuff called "Lucky" bamboo. My mom bought so many of those things years ago, and they are still alive! They don't need to be watered every day since they don't sit in soil, but rather gravel, or marbles, or rocks. We have one that is like rocks in a cool vase thing. I muts admit that they are nice looking.
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    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    I got a Brazilian Zebra Plant from Home Depot a few months ago. It's still alive, which must mean that it's a hardy plant.



    It looks really cool, but I don't know how much luck you'll have finding them outside of the tropics/subtropics. The yellow spike started coming up in mid January and it's starting to wither now. Supposedly that's normal.



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    johnnysmithjohnnysmith Posts: 180member
    These are always nice too have... Quite handy in those times of drought too...



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    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    Bring a Cactus. They make a good weapon.
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    crazychestercrazychester Posts: 1,339member
    <Ex unwraps Shawn's very unplant like looking gift. Holds up small item of clothing.>



    Ex: (annoyed) And what sort of plant do you call this Shawn?



    Shawn: Plant? What? Oh! You wanted houseplants! <slaps forehead> Sorry, I thought you said hot pants.

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    hardeeharharhardeeharhar Posts: 4,841member
    Find a friend with a spider plant... its the plant that keeps on giving...
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    thinkingdifferentthinkingdifferent Posts: 1,604member
    How about poison ivy..
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